Trump Defends Family-Separation Policy
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Trump, Defiant ‘We must always arrest illegals"President Donald Trump is defiantly holding the line on his zero-tolerance policy toward illegal immigrants, urging Democratic lawmakers to give in and accept his legislative immigration demands.
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Trump is defiant as border crisis escalates, prepares to lobby House GOP on immigration billsAs he prepared to visit Capitol Hill, President Trump on Tuesday continued to insist that Congress produce comprehensive immigration legislation, while anxious Republicans explored a narrower fix to the administration policy of separating migrant children from their parents.
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Trump Defends Family-Separation PolicyThe Trump administration sought to blame Congress for the new policy of separating some families who arrive at the U.S. southern border, and it said only lawmakers could change that policy as part of a broader immigration overhaul, but Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on any deal.
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